Improved iron bedstead



'tant- @anni .IABEZ BAYS'ION, OF CHICAGO, AND GEORGE W. NICHOLSON, OF

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 88,435, [lated March 30,1869.V

rlvneaovzu) IRON BEDSTEAD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

i ting together the frame of the bedstead by means of peculiarly-constructed joints; also, in a novel mode of attaching thereto the mattress-supports, or bed-bottom; also, in the novel arrangement, in connection therewith, of springs, for rendering the said bed-bot tom elastic.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand how to construct and make use of our said invention, we'

will now proceedto describe the same with particularity, reference being made, in so doing, to the aforesaid drawings, in which- Figure l represents atop view of our said invention, when springs are used in forming the bottom;

Figure 2 is a similar view, when the bottom is constructed without springs;

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section through Figure 4 is a detached top view of one of the joints of the bedstead; and

Figure 5 is a vertical section at the line y, in iig. 4.

Similailetters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts of our invention.

' A B represent the iron frame of the bedstead, construeted hollow, and open on the inner-side, as shown, thus giving lthe requisite strength, while, at the same time it is light and convenient.

G represents the posts, which are also hollow, for the same reasons.

When springs, S, are nsedthree or more cross-slats, H, are arranged as seen in lig. 3, their ends restingon the lower iiange of the frame, upon which the springs are arranged as shown, upon which are placed metallic strips, D, havin-g slots c in each end, which slip under the buttons, or heads b, upon the end-pieces B, as shown.

Attached to the said strips D, are pins p, which pass down, through the spiral springs S, into holes h in the cross-supports H, thus serving to keep the springs se- `curely in position, while the elasticity of the springsis not interfered with. v

Upon said strips D, are arranged cross-stripsE, of the saine kind, being placed directly over the rows of springs, and being secured at the ends beneath buttons, or knobs, in the same manneras the strips D.

The cross-supports H are of cast-iron, or other suitable inetal, as are also all the other parts of the bedstead.

The side-pieces A are connected to the head and foot of the bedstead, by means of joints, whose construction is clearly shownv in figs. 4 and 5, wherein L represents a lng, or ear, cast upon the ends of the sidepieces A, which t into recesses, as shown, by drop-` ping them down upon the supports P.

Thus, by raising up the side-pieces, the bedstead can readily be taken apart, when desired; While, by removing the cross-strips E, and the longitudinal ones D, the springs and cross -supports can also -be removed, and thus the entire bedstead and bottomcan be taken apart and put up again, at pleasure.

It will be observed that the slots in the ends of the slats D E allow them to slide under the buttons, by which they are kept in place, as Athe weight upon `the bed depresses the springs.

`When it is desired to pnt the bedstead up without springs, the slats H are dispensed with, and the slats which are marked F, and shown in g. 2, are provided Y with slotted eyes at their ends, so that by passing the eyes over the buttons upon one side or end, andy then over the other end, before the side-pieces A are put in place, the buttons will he drawn into the slots by placing the side-pieces, and the whole will be securely held in place, as indicated in iig. 2.

Having described the construction and operation of our invention, we will now specify what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

'The combination of the side-pieces A, grooved their entire lengths, as specified, and with rounded lugs, L,

Yon each end, with the end-pieces B, with sockets and rests, P, for the lugs L to fit into and upon, crosspieces H, slotted slats F, pins j, and springs S, all as herein shown and described.

JABEZ BAYSTON. GEORGE W. NICHOLSON. Witnesses:

W. E. Manns, L. L. GoBUnN. 

